Free HDTV via Freeview in 5 years?
22 Nov 2007 13:00
Ofcom has announced that all UK households will have free access to HDTV by 2012.The media watchdog has revealed that viewers will have access to the high definition channels via Freeview under new proposals which have yet to be approved by the government.
It would be launched in the Granada region as early as 2009 after which it would be rolled out across the rest of the UK, which is clearly great news for anyone with a HD-ready television.
You will need to have a HD telly or a new HDTV-compatible set-top box to receive the new content.
Ofcom chief executive Ed Richards said: "Our proposals to upgrade digital terrestrial television represent a major opportunity to build on its success with wider, richer and more varied television services, including the potential for HDTV to be made available to millions of people free to air."
Freeview is a digital terrestrial TV service available through an aerial and without subscription. At present almost 13 million homes already have it.
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